Tell Congress: Big Trucks = Bigger Safety Problems Take action today, then spread the word to at least five of your friends and colleagues! These numbers are shocking. Every year, about 5,000 people die and over 100,000 people are injured in large truck crashes. Despite only making up 3 percent of all registered vehicles, large trucks represent 9 percent of all vehicles involved in these fatal crashes and are responsible for 12 percent of all crash fatalities. Fortunately, Congress is working on a new transportation spending bill that would prevent increases in truck sizes and weights on the National Highway System, including the Interstates – increases that endanger the safety of the motoring public, our roads and bridges. America's highway infrastructure is crumbling, in part due to oversized trucks, which also are responsible for far too many crashes resulting in deaths and injuries. Also, the bigger the rig, the bigger the impact on greenhouse gas emissions and fuel consumption. We simply cannot afford all of the costs of allowing bigger and heavier trucks on our roads and highways. Public Citizen needs you to take action and tell your representative to cosponsor this critical piece of legislation. Just use our simple online form below. >>Learn More

September 09, 2010 Subject: Please Co-Sponsor H.R. 1618, the Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act of 2009 I am writing to relay my strong support for H.R. 1618 and S. 779, the Safe Highways and Infrastructure Preservation Act of 2009 (SHIPA), and urge you to co-sponsor this important legislation. The SHIPA bill is co-sponsored by more than 80 Democratic and Republican Members of Congress, and supported by national highway and truck safety groups, victims and survivors of truck crashes, as well as leading national environmental and public interest organizations. Every year about 5,000 people die in truck crashes including more than 800 truck drivers and over 100,000 are injured. Large trucks represent 9 percent of all vehicle involved in fatal crashes, are responsible for 12 percent of all crash fatalities but make up only 3 percent of all registered vehicles. The purpose of SHIPA is to prevent the constant increases in truck sizes and weights on Interstate and non-Interstate portions of the federal National Highway System (NHS) that endanger the motoring public as well as our roads and bridges. Enactment of SHIPA will extend the safety and infrastructure protection that was achieved in 1991 when Congress overwhelmingly enacted the freeze on longer combination vehicles (LCV) in the Intermodal Surface Transportation Efficiency Act of 1991 (ISTEA). Enacting H.R. 1618 and S. 779, the SHIPA Act, would save lives and prevent injuries, limit damage to our crumbling roads and bridges, reduce global warming pollution and curb our dependence on oil, and help achieve a balanced multi-modal transportation system. I urge you to support this sound and sensible legislation and look forward to working with you to build a safer, cleaner and more efficient transportation future for our nation. Thank you. We will add your signature from the information you provide.		First Name* Last Name* Email* Street* Street 2 Street 3 City* State/Province* Select a state Alabama Alaska American Samoa Arizona Arkansas California Colorado Connecticut Delaware D.C. Florida Georgia Guam Hawaii Idaho Illinois Indiana Iowa Kansas Kentucky Louisiana Maine Maryland Massachusetts Michigan Minnesota Mississippi Missouri Montana Nebraska Nevada New Hampshire New Jersey New Mexico New York North Carolina North Dakota Northern Mariana Islands Ohio Oklahoma Oregon Pennsylvania Puerto Rico Rhode Island South Carolina South Dakota Tennessee Texas Utah Vermont Virgin Islands Virginia Washington West Virginia Wisconsin Wyoming Armed Forces (the) Americas Armed Forces Europe Armed Forces Pacific Alberta British Columbia Manitoba Newfoundland New Brunswick Nova Scotia Northwest Territories Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory Other Zip/Postal Code* Send an Email Send a Fax
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